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The Covenant of Water
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
- Length: 31 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 283
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 264
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 264
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala’s long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Plea for Cutting For Stone!
- By karenf on 14-05-2023
- The Covenant of Water
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
The Ties that bind
Reviewed: 25-05-2024
I had been looking for something different to listen to and having read Cutting For Stone and loved it I had this in my wish list for weeks thinking I would eventually get to it, but always choosing something else.
Finally I started....what a treat and a joy to listen to the author read his amazing book.
All of the threads winding their way over decades to end up binding together.
So beautifully written and narrated. It will stay in my mind for a long time.
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Fairy Tale
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Seth Numrich, Stephen King
- Length: 24 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,404
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,226
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,227
Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was 10, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself—and his dad. Then, when Charlie is 17, he meets a dog named Radar and his aging master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed in the backyard. Sometimes strange sounds emerge from it.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Skip the first 45min. Or first 2h 45min
- By BoniDee on 21-09-2022
- Fairy Tale
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Seth Numrich, Stephen King
Vintage King
Reviewed: 03-10-2022
What a wonderful story of a boy and his dog in a magical world. A cranky old man with a secret to share.
Beautifully narrated.
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Cold Shoulder
- A Lorraine Page Thriller
- By: Lynda La Plante
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 189
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 168
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 170
Lieutenant Lorraine Page once had everything - a devoted husband, two beautiful daughters and an impressive career with the Homicide Squad. It's impossible to believe that she could be thrown out of the police force and end up on Skid Row. Without Lorraine, her colleagues struggle on, as the hunt for a nightmare serial killer spirals into an all-out search for a missing witness: a victim who escaped. But Lorraine Page is about to be brought right back into that world again....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Anonymous User on 01-02-2022
- Cold Shoulder
- A Lorraine Page Thriller
- By: Lynda La Plante
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
Terrible male voices
Reviewed: 13-03-2022
This narrator is terrible when trying to narrate a man’s voice or a woman apart from the main person.
She just talks or screeches at the back of the throat and is very unpleasant to listen to.
The book is worth listening to if you can put up with the voices
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The Binding
- By: Bridget Collins
- Narrated by: Carl Prekopp
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,948
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,796
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,798
Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a letter arrives summoning him to begin an apprenticeship. He will work for a Bookbinder, a vocation that arouses fear, superstition and prejudice - but one neither he nor his parents can afford to refuse. He will learn to handcraft beautiful volumes, and within each he will capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory. If there’s something you want to forget, he can help. If there’s something you need to erase, he can assist. Your past will be stored safely in a book and you will never remember your secret, however terrible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best love stories, ever.
- By Susan on 22-01-2019
- The Binding
- By: Bridget Collins
- Narrated by: Carl Prekopp
An unexpected surprise!
Reviewed: 30-01-2019
What a beautifully written and creative story. I had no idea what this book was about when i started listening and who knows...if i had spent too much time dithering over whether it is something i would read I would have missed out.
Don't overthink it, just do it! You won't be disappointed.
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Since We Fell
- By: Dennis Lehane
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 19
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Story3 out of 5 stars 20
Rachel's husband adores her. When she hit rock bottom, he was there with her every step of the way as she slowly regained her confidence, and her sanity. But his mysterious behaviour forces her to probe for the truth about her beloved husband. How can she feel certain that she ever knew him? And was she right to ever trust him?
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2 out of 5 stars
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YAWN!
- By Carol on 06-06-2017
- Since We Fell
- By: Dennis Lehane
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
YAWN!
Reviewed: 06-06-2017
This book didn't even start to get interesting for the first 5 hours! It then got more absurd as it went along. The narrator was annoying too and over dramatised. All in all one of the worst books I have listened to for a long time!
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Redemption Road
- By: John Hart
- Narrated by: Scott Shepherd
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
From the best-selling and prize-winning author of The Last Child and Iron House comes this long-awaited new thriller that will appeal to all fans of Michael Connelly and Dennis Lehane. Elizabeth Black is a hero. She is a cop who single-handedly rescued a young girl from a locked cellar and shot two brutal kidnappers dead. But she's also a cop with a secret.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The sins of the father
- By Carol on 17-07-2016
- Redemption Road
- By: John Hart
- Narrated by: Scott Shepherd
The sins of the father
Reviewed: 17-07-2016
What another great book from John hart and told so well by Scott shepherd.
The outcome of a lie told to make it okay to protect a loved one.
The ripple effect that can be created from a small stone thrown into a great lake.
If you listen to one book this year...this is it!
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The Stranger You Know
- By: Jane Casey
- Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 161
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 160
He meets women. He gains their trust. He kills them. That’s all Maeve Kerrigan knows about the man she is hunting. Three women have been strangled in their homes by the same sadistic killer. With no sign of a break-in, every indication shows that they let him in. But the evidence is pointing at a shocking suspect: DI Josh Derwent, Maeve’s colleague. Maeve refuses to believe he could be involved, but how well does she really know him?
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5 out of 5 stars
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I am addicted
- By Bethany La Bou on 07-05-2017
- The Stranger You Know
- By: Jane Casey
- Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
Can I trust you?
Reviewed: 22-05-2015
This story points out how easy it is to doubt the ones we think we know. Do I believe him because I have known him for a long time, or do I listen to the evidence and people who are creating my doubt. Many people have trusted and been wrong! What should I do??
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Fall from Grace
- David Raker, Book 5
- By: Tim Weaver
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 16 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
When Leonard Franks and his wife Ellie leave London for a dream retirement in Dartmoor, everything seems perfect. But one afternoon, Leonard goes to fetch firewood, and never returns. With the police investigation dead in the water, Ellie turns to David Raker. Raker tracks down missing people for a living, but nothing can prepare him for this. Because, behind Leonard's disappearance, lies a deadly secret, buried so deep it was never meant to be found.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant. Do not miss this book!
- By Carol on 13-09-2014
- Fall from Grace
- David Raker, Book 5
- By: Tim Weaver
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
Brilliant. Do not miss this book!
Reviewed: 13-09-2014
"I don't normally write reviews although I have listened to many good books. This was one of the best listens I have heard for a long time if not ever. David Raker finds missing people and from the start of the story to the finish the mystery and tension did not let up. I did not see the end coming at all. The best part of it is that I have discovered Tim Weaver has written several David Raker novels and as soon as I finish writing this review, I am going to download another.",
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